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Actually, I looked over this after I got back from dinner. And I gotta say I'm feeling kind of burnt out. It's those same old frustrations aggravated by the counterproductive whining around me that drove me away in the first place. Said whining has been particularly bad the past week, and...

Here's something to consider. The arrogance of a new generation want instant gratification and thus cast away the learning process. The older generation have grown complacent and forgotten their early days. They're doing an incredibly poor job passing the torch. Is it just possible...

Preach it, brother. As obnoxious as most of the replies were, they were still more lively and interesting than the usual cretinous droning about finding Theory 11 decks at Wal-Greens or whatever.

Or the rabble could hall themselves up by the mental bootstraps and shut me up that way. But I kind of doubt that will happen. As for leading by example, feh. Herding cats, more like. That would be an even bigger waste of my time. At least what I do now has a cathartic element.

Don't be so self-centered. This is how I think of all message boards. But hey, at least this isn't the Magic Cafe. Then name some other examples because I'd like to see some critical thinking instead of just the defaults.

This is swiftly becoming a thread in which everyone involved is irritating me. Do they put estrogen in playing card ink these days? What is with you people?

There are things you can do other than say you're still a human being. Hmmm... Hang out here with a bunch of faceless talking heads... or use my hard-earned fortune to see the world...

Sometimes I think it's better that the rabble don't listen to me. The kind of knowledge I possess could be dangerous in the hands of an idiot. Besides, the more of these rabble that continue to blow mommy and daddy's money on new custom decks and card tricks, the fewer of them will ever go...

Fundamentals by Bob Cassidy. It has tricks, sure. But it has a lot of great performance theory. It's essential reading for anyone studying mentalism. I should post a review of this. "Fundamentals by Bob Cassidy and Why You Suck for Not Reading It."

You read the first sentence and then posted, didn't you? What do you expect from a channel that produced a TV movie titled "Anaconda vs Python" and replaced MST3K with a professional wrestling show?

There's a large difference between hobbyists, semi-pros, and full-time professionals. I'm speaking to only one of those groups. Put it this way: if I had that kind of clout, capital, and resources, do you really think I'd be spending any amount of my time here?

What does that have to do with what I'm talking about? What makes you think I can afford a stage, lights, and sound equipment and can get Vegas headliners to come to Pittsburgh?

You can't be all that surprised. The majority of people here can't handle dissent. They're just not mature enough. They show themselves for the slobbering jackals that they are whenever someone voices something in the least bit argumentative or contrary.

I measure financial success by financial outcomes. Here I'm speaking from a business perspective. If you want to go pro, you have to be thinking about the money. Part of my motivation here is that most of the artistic community think that art and business are mutually exclusive. They're full...

You're also entitled to shoot your mouth off and cry like a child with a skinned knee. Doesn't mean you should. I don't even like these contests. I find most of them to be banal and pointless, as are most of the submissions. I generally avoid them because I have no desire to lapse into...

Chuck Norris jokes are now competing for space with emo whinging. I'm going to ask everyone to remain calm and evacuate the thread in an orderly manner. If you pick up any residual stupidity from the Chuck Norris jokes, I have paramedics standing by with IV drips of Mike Judge's Office Space...

My guess is that they're trying to eat away at my will to live.

You'll want to start with Storm Front seeing as that's the first book in the series. It introduces the essential major players. Harry Dresden himself, of course, Lieutenant Karrin Murphy, Warden Morgan of the White Council, Bob, Susan Rodriguez, etc. There's also some of the best magical...

So... in the course of a night we went from speed wanking technicality to Chuck Norris jokes. I'm going to go hang myself now.